<p>The security cover of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has been upgraded from the 'Y' category to 'Z', official sources said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to take charge of his security, currently provided by the Delhi Police, they said.</p>.Jaishankar speaks to UAE counterpart, discusses 'crisis' in West Asia.<p>Jaishankar, 68, was being guarded by an armed team of the Delhi Police under the 'Y' category security cover.</p>.<p>He will now be protected by the CRPF under the larger 'Z' category security cover which entails about 14-15 armed commandos moving with him round the clock in shifts across the country, the sources said.</p>.<p>The CRPF's VIP security cover has 176-odd protectees at present, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. </p>
<p>The security cover of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has been upgraded from the 'Y' category to 'Z', official sources said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Union Home Ministry has asked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to take charge of his security, currently provided by the Delhi Police, they said.</p>.Jaishankar speaks to UAE counterpart, discusses 'crisis' in West Asia.<p>Jaishankar, 68, was being guarded by an armed team of the Delhi Police under the 'Y' category security cover.</p>.<p>He will now be protected by the CRPF under the larger 'Z' category security cover which entails about 14-15 armed commandos moving with him round the clock in shifts across the country, the sources said.</p>.<p>The CRPF's VIP security cover has 176-odd protectees at present, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. </p>